Overseas company annual return

• Under section 340 of the Companies Act 1993, every company on the Overseas Register must file an annual return each year in a month allocated by the Registrar to confirm the details of the company.
  
• The annual return must be dated in the allocated month.
• You do not need to supply any financial information when completing an overseas annual return.  The purpose is simply to ensure that the company details are up to date.
• An overseas company is not required to file an annual return until the first calendar year after the year it was registered.
• An overseas company can request to change the annual return filing month by writing to the Registrar.

Step by step instructions

How to file an overseas company annual return

• Australian overseas companies
• Other overseas companies

Australian overseas companies

1. To file an annual return for an Australian overseas company you will need to confirm the following information:
   • Company name
   • Address of place of business or principal place of business in New Zealand
   • Person authorised to accept service in New Zealand of documents on behalf of the company (including a physical address for that person)
   • Address for communication
2. Complete the Australian overseas company annual return form (Registrar's Form AU3).
3. Send the annual return form by post with the NZ$30 fee to:
   
   Northern Business Centre
   Companies Office
   Private Bag 92061
   Victoria Street West
   Auckland 1142
   New Zealand

    

   
   

Other overseas companies

1. To file an annual return for other overseas companies (those not incorporated in Australia) you will need to confirm the following information:
   • Company name
   • Address of place of business or principal place of business in New Zealand
   • Person authorised to accept service in New Zealand of documents on behalf of the company (including a physical address for that person)
   • Address for communication
   • Full legal name of directors and their residential address (email address of directors is optional)
2. Complete Form 18 - Overseas company annual return form [73 kB PDF]
3. Send the completed annual return by post with the NZ$30 fee to:
   
   Northern Business Centre
   Companies Office
   Private Bag 92061
   Victoria Street West
   Auckland 1142
   New Zealand